Barry THE VETTE SETTE. Winners CGCC. Non-CGCC Winners. President s Corner. Volume XVI Issue 8 August 2006

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1 THE VETTE SETTE A Monthly Publication For The Members of The Volume XVI Issue 8 August 2006 President s Corner Winners CGCC C1 - Carl & Tonie Etter C2 - Tim Eason C3A - Joe Owens C3B - Gary Griffin C4A - Mike Greene C4B - Tom & Susan Sauntry C5A - Bob White C5B - Marvin & Chris Siddall C6 - Wayne Mobley Modified - Bob Renneke Non-CGCC Winners Club Participation - Peach State Posse / Peach State Corvette Association Vanity Plate - Jennifer Thomas "DAREME2" Day's Choice - Sack Melton Loudest Exhaust - Michael Curtis Best in Show - Mike Bruce C1 - First Place - Charles Zink C2 - First Place - Mike Byars C2 - Second Place - Ken Thaxton C2 - Third Place - Bob Beaudin C4A - First Place - Jack Cunningham C4A - Second Place - Chip Salisbury C4A - Third Place - Robert Woodlief C4B - First Place - Chuck & Jan Gillen C4B - Second Place - Rob Malone C4B - Third Place - Steve Proper C5A - First Place - Mike Bruce C5A - Second Place - Dennis Cavanaugh C5A - Third Place - Victor & Kathy Fambro C5B - First Place - Ivan & Nancy Hawkins C5B - Second Place - Stan & Teresa Oxford C5B - Third Place - Don Luther C6 - First Place - Bobby Miller C6 - Second Place - Bob & Gayle Smith C6 - Third Place - Frances Luther MOD - First Place - Steve Turner MOD - Second Place - Howard Daws MOD - Third Place - Michael Curtis Barry C3A First Place - Glen Miller C3A - Second Place - Andy Tullos C3A - Third Place - Mark & Lynn Mullins C3B - First Place - Frank & Necia Grant C3B - Second Place - Ed Gerot C3B - Third Place - Brian Wiles Page 1

2 Officers for 2006 President Barry Tomlinson Vice President At Large Randy Cooper Vice President of Membership Don Shamel Vice President of Activities Cindy Owens Secretary Harriette Majoros Treasurer Tom Sauntry Board Members John Pardus Reggie Martin Bob Renneke Joe Owens NCM Ambassador Fred Hale Webmaster Bridget Stephens Newsletter Editor Bill Majoros Editor s Corner There are not many months left to our Corvette year but there are some very exciting upcoming events. Plan to participate. Some observations about our club and its people. Don Shamel loves to direct traffic as he so ably did on SVS. He did a great job of passing each car off to the appropriate parking guy to get the cars where they belonged. Then there was Cindy doing what she does so well multi-tasking; in registration, then making up the door prize vouchers for the bar-b-que folks, checking on the silent auction and so on and all the while talking about this and that and never missing a beat. Did you notice brand new members Perry and Nancy Gossett putting ballots in cars? Tom Sauntry counting money, making it accountable to the proper area and then having someone make another purchase and the recount began again and that was after sitting out side putting green/ orange stickers on windshields. Barry stripping off tickets for the 50/50 again and again. Did you notice that once she got done with the registration, Cheryl was the ticket puller-parter. I know there is no such word but you know what I mean. We do need to get Bob Renneke auctioneer lessons. So many people doing this and that to make sure the event went as seamlessly as possible. Even Carl Etter made sure Page 2 Volume XVI Issue 8 August 2006 that his folding chair was occupied just kidding with you Carl. Did you notice too how many of our club members had their families come and look at the show- kids and grandkids alike? Did you hear comments on how smoothly the registration and parking went? We did. So why on such a horrendously hot day do all of these good folks take time out? In the end it is to support our many kids charities. This means instead of $100 per person or family of 5, there can be more gifts purchased for those in need. The smiles that our Vettes put on our faces when we clean them up, drive them, show them, are translated to others and who knows just maybe inspire one of those kids to succeed so that he or she can also buy a Vette and chase around on a miserably hot SVS. Make sure your name is on the list of volunteers next year- you do make a difference in this world. Harriette Majoros for Bill Corvette Racing Update C6R Corvette Racing 2006 Corvette Racing Schedule Mar18 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring May 12 May 21 June Lone Star Grand Prix of Houston American Le Mans Mid- Ohio 24 Heures du Mans July 1 New England Grand Prix July 15 July 22 Aug 20 Utah Grand Prix Grand Prix of Portland Generac 500 at Road America Sept 3 Grand Prix of Mosport Sept 30 Petit Le Mans Oct 21 Monterey Sports Car Championships

3 *Corvettes For Sale* If you have a Corvette for sale, we will put it into the newsletter for 1 month free of charge. The ad can have up to 3 lines and contain only a basic description and contact information. After that you can run an extended ad for 6 months and only have to pay $10 for members and $25 for non-members. This should be a great new feature to the newsletter. If you have any questions, please contact Bill Majoros VETTE'S ON THE ROCKIES By Ron Floyd The 33rd annual Vette's On The Rockies all Corvette show in Breckenridge and Frisco, Colorado that we attended in late July was an unqualified success! The show drew approximately 500 Corvette's from all over the country. Robin and I accompanied our own Chaz and Gael Cone and Buzz and Jackie Nielsen from Florida. Both have Commemorative Editions - 53 like bodies on a modern C5 chassis. Some may recognize too that Buzz is the current chair of the National Corvette Museum board. While the show was great, traveling with the Cone's and Nielsen s and seeing many many wonderful sights along the way and while in Colorado were the true highlights of the trip! I can only encourage all to try and take in this show in the future but, importantly, take lot's of time especially if you've never seen the Rocky Mountains and the great and many other wonderful natural and other sights. Some of you know that Chaz is a wizard with web sites and such and another outstanding feature of our trip is the web site he created and updated each day with lot's of great narrative and a zillion pictures. If you'd care to look back on this great venture go to: However, if you do visit the site, take care not to make me cry again, by bringing up my "boo boo" in my presence!! LOOKING BACK Classic Glass August 1996 By Ron Floyd The Vette Sette had a splendid column listing the Top Ten Reasons why Zora Arkus-Duntov was a "cool car guy". Member Peter Armstrong detailed his early interests in Corvette's and the long process of becoming an owner, purchasing his first, a '65 white roadster, from member Keith Biggers in late Rich Wagner highlighted a day of fun with club members at their lake home. While out on the lake on their pontoon boat, they quite literally met up with an Australian Rowing Team out practicing for that years Olympics. Corvette Trivia Did you know: Ron Floyd rfloyd1094@comcast.net The first 200 C5 Vettes were all painted red? The last Fairway Green a 1998 model rolled off the line on 11/10/97 and the color was discontinued? It takes 55 hours to build a C5, which is 15 hrs less than a C4? A 96 Grand Sports stripe is not the same width all the way? It gets wider as it goes up the hood and is narrower on the top and then gets wider again but not the same width as on the front. That the chief photographer for Chevy, Myron Scott, named the Corvette? Remember all of this and when you talk Corvette by saying did you know? Page 3

4 Minutes from the August 8 th Meeting President: Barry Tomlinson: Called meeting to order at 7:45 PM. (This was to allow time to look at the slide show as there was a problem getting it started) Barry welcomed all present and thanked them for coming. Made the announcement that Reggie Martin had asked Becky Keith to marry him and she accepted. Wayne Ray expressed his thanks at the support, flowers, s and cards with the loss of his parent recently. Said it helped make things easier. Cofer Museum Cruise: Thanked Bill Gohr for his work in putting this event together. There were 20 people there and they had a great time viewing the 40 neat cars on display. Mystery Cruise: 21 cars, 44 people took a cruise thru the back roads to Chattanooga for a cruise on the Southern Belle with lunch. Many then went on to Rock City to complete a fulfilled day. Sock Hop: Many people to thank: Bob Renneke for getting the Hilton for us; Joe & Cindy Owens for pulling this whole thing together. Thanked all who were a part o of this gathering of over 100. There was a special appearance of the Vette Sisters who entertained us. They are Cindy Owens, Lynn Kreger, Susan Renneke and Terri Martell There was $146. in 50/50 money. The Hula Hoop contest was won by Lynn Kreger and her great set of hips. The contest had 18 people enjoying it. The Costume Contest was won by Jim Lyons for the men with his great hair and the ladies winner was Hillary Dukas. SuperVette Saturday: Special thanks to Joe and Cindy and thanks to all who volunteered. Thanks for working the event. Asked all present to give a hand. There were 145 cars close to the record of 168 but the day was the hottest. Wayne Mobley won the C-6 trophy. He picked the car up late on 8-4 and then entered and won. 50/50 raffle of $420 was won by Jennifer Thomas of the Blue Ridge Club. Barry then told us for those who saw her give him money; she gave back $200 of the money for our charities. Barry wanted to know why she gave him the money. Receipts were over $12,000 and expenses are estimated to be between $3-4,000 with an expected net of somewhere in the area of $9,000. Thanks to all who got live and silent auction items. They help out our support of our charities. By-Law Proposal. The current by-law reads: The changed by-law proposal is: Cheryl Tomlinson and Becky Keith passed out the ballots to member. A few members commented and asked questions about the proposal. Jim Lyons asked what the reason was for the requested change and Carl Etter gave a short statement as to why to keep the by-law as it currently is. A member asked if the current terms were for 1 or 2 years. Barry announced that there was a quorum present and that was verified by the VP of Membership, Don Shamel. The meeting continued while the voting was underway. Live auction make $3740 and the CGCC store made $563 at SVS. Secretary: Harriette Majoros: One correction to be made addition of Roman s last name. Reggie Martin moved and Tom Sauntry second accepting the minutes. Approved Treasurer: Tom Sauntry: July Summary: Beginning Balance: $ Receipts Disbursements Balance on hand * *Includes $2,000 emergency Rainy Day fund Vice President of Activities: Cindy Owens: 2 nd Annual Wine Cruise is to the Wolf Winery on Sept 9. Lunch, tour and cellar master tasting is $15. per person. See the website to sign up and more details. Mountain City Show and Drags is on Sept in Chattanooga. Booking rooms in the Howard Johnson s. Looking for this to be a bigger event. Warm Springs Cruise with Carl & Toni Etter as event managers is Sept 23. Check the web site for details. We will be leaving early in the morning for Warm Springs with lunch at The shopping or over to the Little White House. Lots of antiquing available in the local shops. Coming back about 3:30. Vettes Against Breast Cancer: Date has moved to Oct. 21 with starting time at 9:00 am at AMS, according to Bridget Stephens who is the event manager. Page 4

5 Charleston Cruise Weekend is scheduled for Oct with one group leaving in the morning of the 13 th and the other in the evening. Bill Gohr is the event manager for this. We can go to a restoration shop that did one of Bill s cars and is noted to be the best restoration shop between Houston and New York. Plenty of shopping and more information on the web site. Holiday Party: sign up now so a good count can be had to make arrangements. Holiday Light Cruise is Dec 9. More information later on this. Vintage Corvette Show for Gwinnett Arts Council have the 20 cars in each generation all ready with a good assortment per Joe Owens. Arrival time on Sept 15 is 6:00 p.m. with the actual event going from 7:00 to 9:30 with food and wine tasting. If you want toattend on your own, the cost is $50/person or 90/couple. Those showing cars get in for free. Joe will send an to those involved with more details. Vice President of Membership: Don Shamel Big welcome to everyone. 55 members present and 5 guests. Of the 5 guests there are two Michaels and two Debbies. Don introduced the guests: Michael Cherry with a 1996 Coupe Michael & Deborah Scott with an 05 coupe and they live in Alpharetta Debbie and Bill Kubida own a 2002 yellow coupe. CGCC Store: Chris Siddall Bill modeled the new style hat. Sold $250 in water cozies and soda. Jerry Bryant modeled the new jacket. Getting more stuff all the time. Webmaster: Bridget Stephens Has some new photos. Have and changes in personal info, please sent it to her. New picnic picture is going on the home page. Spike TV is having a run Vancouver to LA. It is a two-week trip for anyone who wants to go. $126 in raffle tickets for $63. to club and $31.5 each to Wayne Ray and Ron Floyd. New Car was Wayne Mobley on 8/4 and drove it to the Sock Hop that same day. Wrap up: Barry Tomlinson Results of the vote are that the by-laws will remain as they are regarding the term of office of the officers at 2 years in any given office. The baggers accomplished a record with 150 bags done in minutes and there were a record number of people who came to bag. Thanked the wait staff. Board of directors meeting is 7:00 p.m. at Sidelines. Meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Harriette Majoros Secretary Don then gave away a number of items, hats, car washes, flags and water bottles. Winners were Donna Pardus, Linda Hale, Don Webb Lynn Kreger, Harriette Majoros, Charles Koninsky, Steve Hyatt, Becky Keith, Jane Tenendini, and Wayne Mobley. 203 members as of tonight and may be a couple of more before we go home. NCM Ambassador: Fred Hale Reminded us of the Anniversary/HOF 8/31 to 9/3. Sign up and go for a fun time. R8C & Xperience reunion is Sept C3Extravaganza is Oct There are raffle tickets for Build Your Own Corvette at $100 each. There are many ways to sign up to be a member and you are encouraged to take advantage of it. Over ½ of our members are NCM members and some are founders. Page 5

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9 Upcoming Activities: 9/9 2nd Annual Wine Cruise 9/16-17 Mountain City Show & Drags Chattanooga 9/23 Warm Springs Cruise 9/28-30 Petite La Mans at Road Atlanta 10/6-8 Charleston Cruise 10/21 Corvettes Against Breast Cancer Atlanta Motor Speedway 11/11 Tail of the Dragon Run 12/2 Holiday Party 12/9 Holiday Lights Cruise 9/28-30 R8C and Xperience Reunion 10/12-14 C3 Extravaganza National Corvette Museum Activities P.O. Box 4936 Marietta, GA HOTLINE (770) Web Page: Meeting Location Sidelines Grill 1440 Roswell Road Marietta, GA Approx. 1 Mile East of the Big Chicken 2nd Tuesday of Each Month Meeting Time: 7:30 PM Next Meeting: Sept 7:30p.m. The Vette Sette Page 9